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Bill Gates
Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. -
Billy Graham
is an American Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 with the national media backing of William Randolph Hearst and Henry Luce. -
5th Amendment and property rights
Protects the property rights of individuals requiring the governtment follow a legal procedure if iti needs to sieze an indiviual's property. -
Nancy Reagan and the "Just Say No" campaign
Reagan headed the notional campain Just Say No witch address the social issue of illegal drug use. -
Sam Walton
was an American businessman and entrepreneur born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. -
Nixon and China
was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, which at that time considered the U.S. -
Ronald Reagan
was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989). Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975), and a radio, film and television actor. -
Endangered Species Act
Forced government angincies to consider how any actions may threaten the habit of certain species. -
AIDS
Is a disease that emerrged in the the 1980's and led to a worldwide epidemic. IT is one of the largest health concerns in the recent history -
Gerald Ford
was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and prior to this, was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, after Spiro Agnew had resigned. -
Watergate Scandal
was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17th 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Jimmy Carter
is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. -
Irain Hostage Crisis and President Carter's response
Presidet Carter initiated immediate economic sanctions, attended a military rescue, and negotaited. -
Community Reinvestment Act
Was a legislation implemented ny Congress to reduce discriminatory practices in banks. -
The Moral Majoriity
Was founded by Southern Baptist pastor Jerry Fallwell and advocated social policies that reflected the point of view of envangelical Christians. -
Conservatism in the 1980's
While the conservative tradition has played a major role in American politics and culture since the American Revolution, the organized conservative movement has played a key role in politics only since the 1950s, especially among Republicans and Southern Democrats. -
Four Pillars of Reaganomics
refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political opponents. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
is a retired United States Supreme Court justice. She served as an Associate Justice from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement from the Court in 2006. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court. -
US Israel relations
are an important factor in the United States government's overall policy in the Middle East, and Congress has placed considerable importance on the maintenance of a close and supportive relationship. -
Jerry Falwell
was an American evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia.
